The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells about an attempted invasion of Earth by beings from the planet Mars with much greater intelligence and more advanced weapons than humans. The Martians intend to eliminate humankind and conquer Earth because their own …
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The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells about an attempted invasion of Earth by beings from the planet Mars with much greater intelligence and more advanced weapons than humans. The Martians intend to eliminate humankind and conquer Earth because their own older and smaller world has reached the "last stage of exhaustion". It was written between 1895 and 1897, and serialised in Pearson's Magazine in the UK and Cosmopolitan magazine in the US in 1897. The full novel was first published in hardcover in 1898 by William Heinemann. The War of the Worlds is one of the earliest stories to detail a conflict between humankind and an extraterrestrial race. The novel is the first-person narrative of an unnamed protagonist in Surrey and his younger brother who escapes to Tillingham in Essex as London and Southern England are invaded by Martians. It is one of the most commented-on works in the science fiction canon. Its 1938 radio broadcast directed and narrated by Orson Welles caused a sensation, convincing part of the general public that a Martian invasion was ongoing.
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- 11494
- BNF ID:
- 11961283d
- VIAF:
- 175789810
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War of the Worlds
200 pages
Published March 17, 2019
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- 978-0-368-44541-5Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published Oct. 27, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds: Classics
128 pages
Published Aug. 19, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9746-9662-8Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
206 pages
Published Jan. 1, 2017
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- 978-1-4677-7619-6Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
258 pages
Published March 15, 2016
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- 978-1-5040-3456-2Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
90 pages
Published Feb. 28, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9860-6950-2Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
446 pages
Published Oct. 6, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-7276-6391-4Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
130 pages
Published Jan. 7, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5424-0713-7Copied ISBN!
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- 33942426
The War of the Worlds
150 pages
Published Dec. 22, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5412-5310-0Copied ISBN!
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- 33589619
The War of the Worlds
148 pages
Published Jan. 30, 2013 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-4820-2122-6Copied ISBN!
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- 19120740
The War of the Worlds
174 pages
Published May 23, 2015 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5123-4143-0Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
242 pages
Published Dec. 19, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-6771-2116-8Copied ISBN!
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- 49721301
The War of the Worlds
162 pages
Published Aug. 3, 2015 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5153-3879-6Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
206 pages
Published March 23, 2014 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-4974-2473-9Copied ISBN!
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- 21915913
The War of the Worlds
174 pages
Published Dec. 28, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5413-1837-3Copied ISBN!
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